# Topic Playlist! (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 3, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647 "2019-09-03T22:39:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 395

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7883 "2021-01-07T17:56:00Z")

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**Uplifting songs**

1. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
2. Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
3. On the Wings of Love – Jeffrey Osborne
4. Love Lifted Me - old gospel song
5. On Eagle’s Wings - Michael Joncas and others
6. Lift Me Up - Jeff Lynne

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7884 "2021-01-07T17:58:55Z")

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**Uplifting songs**

1. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
2. Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
3. On the Wings of Love – Jeffrey Osborne
4. Love Lifted Me - old gospel song
5. On Eagle’s Wings - Michael Joncas and others
6. Lift Me Up - Jeff Lynne
7. Wings of a Dove - Madness

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7885 "2021-01-07T18:46:22Z")

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**Uplifting songs**

1. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
2. Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
3. On the Wings of Love – Jeffrey Osborne
4. Love Lifted Me - old gospel song
5. On Eagle’s Wings - Michael Joncas and others
6. Lift Me Up - Jeff Lynne
7. Wings of a Dove - Madness
8. Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7886 "2021-01-07T18:49:22Z")

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[quote=“Intergalactic\_Gladiator, post:7885, topic:839647, full:true”]  
**Uplifting songs**

1. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
2. Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
3. On the Wings of Love – Jeffrey Osborne
4. Love Lifted Me - old gospel song
5. On Eagle’s Wings - Michael Joncas and others
6. Lift Me Up - Jeff Lynne
7. Wings of a Dove - Madness
8. Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
9. Pick Yourself Up (Dust Yourself Off, and Start All Over Again) - Johnny Mercer

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7887 "2021-01-07T23:30:50Z")

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**Uplifting songs**

1. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
2. Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
3. On the Wings of Love – Jeffrey Osborne
4. Love Lifted Me - old gospel song
5. On Eagle’s Wings - Michael Joncas and others
6. Lift Me Up - Jeff Lynne
7. Wings of a Dove - Madness
8. Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
9. Pick Yourself Up (Dust Yourself Off, and Start All Over Again) - Johnny Mercer
10. Gone At Last - Paul Simon

Songs That Evoke Big City Living

1. Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7888 "2021-01-08T01:42:06Z")

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Songs That Evoke Big City Living

1. Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
2. Takin’ Care Of Business - Bachman–Turner Overdrive

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7889 "2021-01-08T01:53:47Z")

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Songs That Evoke Big City Living

1. Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
2. Takin’ Care Of Business - Bachman–Turner Overdrive
3. In the City - The Eagles

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7890 "2021-01-08T02:02:36Z")

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Songs That Evoke Big City Living

1. Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
2. Takin’ Care Of Business - Bachman–Turner Overdrive
3. In the City - The Eagles
4. Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah

A song about the titular roadway in Chicago

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7891 "2021-01-08T02:08:43Z")

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Songs That Evoke Big City Living

1. Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
2. Takin’ Care Of Business - Bachman–Turner Overdrive
3. In the City - The Eagles
4. Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah
5. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7892 "2021-01-08T02:16:29Z")

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Songs That Evoke Big City Living

1. Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
2. Takin’ Care Of Business - Bachman–Turner Overdrive
3. In the City - The Eagles
4. Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah
5. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
6. Downtown Train – Rod Stewart

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7893 "2021-01-08T03:08:59Z")

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Songs That Evoke Big City Living

1. Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
2. Takin’ Care Of Business - Bachman–Turner Overdrive
3. In the City - The Eagles
4. Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah
5. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
6. Downtown Train – Rod Stewart
7. Downtown - Petula Clark

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7894 "2021-01-08T13:18:10Z")

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Songs That Evoke Big City Living

1. Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
2. Takin’ Care Of Business - Bachman–Turner Overdrive
3. In the City - The Eagles
4. Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah
5. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
6. Downtown Train – Rod Stewart
7. Downtown - Petula Clark
8. In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7895 "2021-01-08T21:57:30Z")

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Songs That Evoke Big City Living

1. Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
2. Takin’ Care Of Business - Bachman–Turner Overdrive
3. In the City - The Eagles
4. Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah
5. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
6. Downtown Train – Rod Stewart
7. Downtown - Petula Clark
8. In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley
9. Summer in the City - Lovin’ Spoonful

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7896 "2021-01-09T04:20:15Z")

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Songs That Evoke Big City Living

1. Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
2. Takin’ Care Of Business - Bachman–Turner Overdrive
3. In the City - The Eagles
4. Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah
5. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
6. Downtown Train – Rod Stewart
7. Downtown - Petula Clark
8. In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley
9. Summer in the City - Lovin’ Spoonful
10. Morning Train – Sheena Easton

Pass

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7897 "2021-01-09T06:03:07Z")

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David Bowie Songs (in honor of what would have been his 74th birthday)

1. Fame

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7898 "2021-01-09T08:38:06Z")

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David Bowie Songs (in honor of what would have been his 74th birthday)

1. Fame
2. Space Oddity

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7899 "2021-01-09T15:40:53Z")

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David Bowie Songs (in honor of what would have been his 74th birthday)

1. Fame
2. Space Oddity
3. Blue Jean

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**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7900 "2021-01-09T16:00:09Z")

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David Bowie Songs (in honor of what would have been his 74th birthday)

1. Fame
2. Space Oddity
3. Blue Jean
4. Life On Mars?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7901 "2021-01-09T16:20:13Z")

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David Bowie Songs (in honor of what would have been his 74th birthday)

1. Fame
2. Space Oddity
3. Blue Jean
4. Life On Mars?
5. Let’s Dance

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7902 "2021-01-11T14:58:11Z")

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David Bowie Songs (in honor of what would have been his 74th birthday)

1. Fame
2. Space Oddity
3. Blue Jean
4. Life On Mars?
5. Let’s Dance
6. Ch-Ch-Changes

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